Game #4638
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 November 2000


Drew
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Premier League
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 21,464
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
Coventry City
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Ian Taylor | 8’ |
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 November 2000
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Ian Taylor
🟨 | 44’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Mark Delaney
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 1-1, (Coventry City), Mustapha Hadji
🟨 | 90’ Booking, George Boateng
🕒 | FT Coventry City 1-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 November 2000
Future Villa winger Mustapha Hadji scores Coventry's equaliser as Villa stay 6th in the table.
With John Gregory and Villa fans crying out for investment - particularly in the forward department - Coventry, on the back of 5 losses, 17th in the table and with one trophy in their history, line up with a squad including a £6.5m striker, Craig Bellamy.
Dion Dublin scores his 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 73rd appearance (69 Starts) to make it W29 D20 L24, 30 Goals, 9 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.87 games played so far in his Villa career.
David James concedes his 50th goal in a Villa shirt on his 57th appearance to make it W25 D17 L15, 50 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.88 goals per game and 22 Clean Sheets (39%) so far in his Villa career.
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇨🇴 | #751 | Youth Team promotiion
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Coventry City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2000-01 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #14 |
Manager Game | #129 |
Saturday, 25 November 2000
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🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 128 | 🟩 | 61 🟨 | 30 🟥 37 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Matches Officiated: 13
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 7
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 11 January 2000, League Cup, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Upton Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Gareth Barry
🟨 George Boateng
CARDS

🟨 David Thompson
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Lee Hendrie replaces Julian Joachim.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.36 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 32.71 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 19.77 |
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |

Coventry City
GK Chris Kirkland | 🏴 |
RB Marc Edworthy | 🏴 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴 |
CB Mo Konjić | 🇧🇦 |
CB Gary Breen | 🇮🇪 |
M David Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Youssef Chippo | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | ⚽ |
M Paul Telfer | 🏴 |
CF Ysrael Zúñiga | 🇵🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Cédric Roussel | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | for Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 60’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Youssef Chippo | 🇲🇦 | (M John Eustace | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Ysrael Zúñiga | 🇵🇪 | (M Carlton Palmer | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Cédric Roussel | 🇧🇪 | (CF John Aloisi | 🇦🇺 |)

🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |
F Gilles De Bilde | 🇧🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Alan Miller | 🏴 |
F Craig Bellamy | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | | 44 | 13* | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13* | 14 | - | - | 7 | 2 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 42* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 3/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 25 Nov 2000, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH REPORTS






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